Stefan Buecker wrote on 03/06/09 at 04:52:43:
All I wanted to say was that 2...d6 3.Nf3 f5 is a system that was invented and strongly recommended by the Danish theoretician, Orla Herman Krause.
As to the chess, all I could find is:
1.e4 e5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 f5 4.Bc4! fxe4 [4...Nf6 5.d3 fxe4 (5...d5 6.exd5 intending Qe2) 6.dxe4 Bg4 (6...Nxe4?? 7.Qd5+-; 6...Nbd7 7.Ng5±) 7.fxe5 Bxf3 (7...dxe5 8.Qxd8+ Kxd8 9.Nxe5+-) 8.Qxf3 dxe5 9.Be3 intending 0–0 ±; 4...Nc6 5.d3 Nf6 (5...Na5? 6.Bxg8 Rxg8 7.fxe5 dxe5 (7...fxe4 8.dxe4 … Qd5) 8.Nxe5 Intending Qh5) 6.Nc3 … 0–0 ± 6...Na5? 7.fxe5 … Nxe5; 4...exf4 5.d3 Nf6 (5...fxe4 6.dxe4 g5 7.h4! … Ng5) 6.Nc3 Nh5 7.0–0 fxe4 (7...g5 8.Ne5!) 8.dxe4 c6 9.Nd4+- Qh4? 10.g3 fxg3 (10...Nxg3 11.Rxf4) 11.Bf7+ Kd8 12.Qxh5 gxh2+ 13.Kh1+-] 5.Nxe5 dxe5 [5...d5 6.Qh5+ g6 7.Nxg6 Nf6 8.Qe5+ … Nxh8] 6.Qh5+ Kd7 [6...Ke7 7.Qxe5+] 7.Qf5+ [7.Bxg8!?] 7...Kc6 8.Qxe4+ Kb6 9.Nc3± … Na4+ 9...c6 10.fxe5 a6 [10...Kc7 11.d4 b6 12.Bf4 … 0–0–0 & d5] 11.d4 Ka7 12.Be3 Nd7 13.d5+ … 0–0–0, d6 & e6 from Kings Gambit Declined Classical Defences by Leach.
As to its quality, that is best left to those of you may feel the need to prepare for something obscure.
Stefan Buecker wrote on 03/06/09 at 04:52:43:
... but shouldn't White rather prepare for the 1 percent that might have actually studied the opening?
New in chess magazine No7 1997 said it best when commenting on Peter Svidler’s use of Basman’s Be2 system in the Sicilian to beat Gary Kasparov. Kasparov’s second at the time, Yury Dokhoian was purported to have said “if we starting analysing c3 and d3 Sicilians we won’t get anything serious done”.
Same thing applies to 1.e4 e5 2.f4 d6 3.Nf3 f5
As to:
Schaakhamster wrote on 03/06/09 at 05:31:16:
Let's be honest: 2 ... d6 is usually played by weaker players. When I would play the KG and my opponent would play that I would be very happy. I would assume he doesn't know the opening.
Usually weak players?...Maybe yes, maybe no but Mehmed Pasalic (2355) @ Dortmund (1995), Spyridon Skembris (2420) @ Athens (1996), Benjamin Bujisho (2220) @ Accession (1996)
And Miss. Catherine Perena (2227) @ Manlia (2006) all of who have used the line in question would maybe disagree with your sweeping generalization. (There are also some historical examples available stemming from the 1.e4 d6 2.f4 e5 move order) I think my old coach summed it up well....."Assumption even in chess is the mother of all (insert expletive) ups."
And finally
Schaakhamster wrote on 03/06/09 at 05:31:16:
you really should look up who Stefan Buecker is. Perhaps then some modesty would be in order. We all should be glad he is willing to discuss openings here.
I know who he is. I have “Die Nordwalder Variante” and “Englund Gambit’, both in German (which I do not speak but chess is the universal language here) . So I know what he can do and I do understand the quality of what he can produce. However, especially when it comes to chess, I have never been a one for any sort of hero worship. After all it is that sort of blind faith in titles and what people have achieved that has given us such top quality authors as Eric Schiller to name just one.
HTH